Reserve Battlefield Bad Company 2 and receive access to the PC multiplayer beta. Beta begins January 28th, 2010 and ends February 25, 2010. Available for online customers only while supplies last. Not available for in-store or in-store pickup orders.

Online Customers: A beta activation code and download instructions will be emailed beginning January 26th, 2010.

So whats the deal with this game then? I thought Bad Company was just a single player Battlefield game which to me sounds pretty silly. Whys there so much hype? Its just gonna be another consolised POS port

Tumbler wrote on Dec 24, 2009, 20:21:I'm not sure if you can spot enemies in the way you could in BF2 games (manually), but I think when you shoot an enemy and hit them, that counts as spotting as well.

It's the Select button, IIRC. Not sure how it'll be handled on PC (probably the same way as previous BFs, but without the enemy type menu.

The normal MP gameplay has bright orange triangles on opponents, even through vegetation and smoke. It's like a permi-wallhack. You have been warned. Hardcore disables the triangles but encourages spamming because damage is greatly increased. So if this game isn't moddable, it will be a noob paradise.

The orange triangles only show up when an enemy has been spotted. The sniper class has a special grenade like item that sits there detecting everyone around and to other team mates they see those orange triangles. If you see those constantly then you must have team mates throwing those grenades all the time. I'm not sure if you can spot enemies in the way you could in BF2 games (manually), but I think when you shoot an enemy and hit them, that counts as spotting as well.

The game in general is terrible at giving you situational awareness. And it spawns you in places that require you to move pretty far into the combat areas and since you can't really tell where the enemy is that ends up getting you killed...a lot.

The normal MP gameplay has bright orange triangles on opponents, even through vegetation and smoke. It's like a permi-wallhack. You have been warned. Hardcore disables the triangles but encourages spamming because damage is greatly increased. So if this game isn't moddable, it will be a noob paradise.

If you're going to pre-order for this beta I'd strongly recommend sticking with the online store. I pre-ordered the ps3 version and selected a store local for pickup. Instead of a beta code being emailed, you have to go to the store and pick up a card that has instructions. And instead of having a code set aside for me I had to call in and see if they had any left before going in to pick one up.

I'd never do this again, online seems to work fine, don't do anything with the stores.